(Oct)  Archive - November, 2006  (Dec)

	News Links Relevant to OVEC Issues
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11-30	Judge questions mine permit approvals  -   Judge expected to decide in mountaintop removal case
11-30	High Court Hears Its First Global Warming Case  -  Supreme Court Takes Up Global Warming Case  -    Supreme Court clashes on climate change  -   The Supremes take on Global Warming  -  A Hot Debate on Climate Change
11-30	U.S. climate change lawsuit part of wider trend
11-30	Oceans storing climate change dangers
11-30	It's the Carbon, Stupid!
11-30	Green wants united front to push for southern W.Va.
11-30	Injury reported at local mine accident
11-30	Massey CEO says acquisitions, mergers among possibilities
11-30	Kentucky Mine Where 5 Died Is Abandoned
11-30	Watershed team hopes for more help from VISTA volunteers
11-30	In Britain, wind turbines offer homespun electricity
11-30	Plan Developed for Solar-to-Electricity Glass Windows
11-30	Concentrating solar thermal
11-30	Change utilities' financial reward system to promote alternative solutions
11-30	Can Energy Efficiency Be as Sexy as Solar?
11-30	BP Exec: Climate change, sustainable energy and responsibility: the future has arrived
11-30	Energy meeting ends by raising more questions; Sierra Club sponsors film and discussion
11-30	Lifestyle may induce mass extinction
11-30	California "Green Tuners" Clamor for Plug - in Cars
11-30	Coal Plant and Road Problem Hurting Car Sales
11-30	Even in heavy snowstorm, thoughts turn to global warming
11-30	Feedstock a Worry for any Chinese Biodiesel Growth   -  Biofuel Markets Hinge on Biomass Progress
11-30	Climate Overshadows Franco-British Energy Talks
11-30	Fight Global Warming from Your Desk
11-30	Report: Global warming big issue in N.Y.
11-29	Carbon Emissions Show Sharp Rise
11-29	WV DEP defends adoption of Bush mercury emission rule  -  Federal mercury limits lax, some say
11-29	State seeks to discipline Aracoma managers  -  Miners may be punished for violations in fatal fire
11-29	WVVA TV: Energy of the State
11-29	DEP’s top lawyer taking job with EPA
11-29	Worldwatch Institute: Mountaintop Removal Mining Scars Landscapes, Communities
11-29	UM students do well at TISL
11-29	Clean elections’ fear unfounded  (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tool-, why not use them?)
11-29	Wealth: West Virginia gold
11-29	Fletcher, legislature to look at fuel costs
11-29	Incentive or subsidy?
11-29	Energy Use Can Be Cut by Efficiency, Survey Says
11-29	The End of Ingenuity
11-29	Clean Energy, Not Coal, Will Power Our Health and Prosperity
11-29	Global Warming: Will It Cause Multiple Species Extinctions?
11-29	Foes of coal to push options
11-29	Renewable-Energy Tree Lighting to be held Friday
11-29	Green light to dig coal ignores environment: court
11-29	National climate change service in America's future?
11-29	Climate change 'will put food producers under pressure for land'
11-29	Climate change already affecting UK's marine life
11-29	Denmark Points Way in Alternative Energy Sources
11-29	New University research institute to produce clean energy technologies for a greener future
11-28	Earthshakers: the top 100 green campaigners of all time
11-28	Pine Magazine: The Southern Appalachians--America’s Spare Batteries
11-28	King Coal Loses Its Tarnish as It Destroys Earth's Atmosphere -  Landmark Australian climate change ruling puts heat on industry  - Govt ponders impact of mining, climate change court ruling  -  Greenhouse ruling unlikely to stop mine
11-28	As climate evidence solidifies, some U.S. energy companies request regulations
11-28	Supervisor let miner who died drive
11-28	Mine agency to test staff for drugs
11-28	Devastation lurks in catch-phrase  (letters to the editor are great tools; why not use them?)
11-28	Coal-Fired Power Plants Not the Answer
11-28	States push renewable energy, federal government lags
11-28	Global Warming Goes to Court
11-28	Renewed Concern Over Black Lung
11-28	NRG (Connecticut) Cancels Plans For `Clean Coal' Plant (They figured out there is no such thing as "clean" coal?)
11-28	Plan for coal-fired energy plants fires up opposition
11-28	Natural Resources Partners LP plans to acquire nearly 25,000 acres in Boone County
11-28	Election wagers didn’t pay off
11-28	EU Set To Get Tough On States' CO2 Emissions Plans
11-28	Tons of mercury could hit market
11-28	Wall Street Journal: After Decades, A Solar Pioneer Sees Spark in Sales
11-28	CSP technology
11-28	Worldwatch President to Address Renewable Energy Conference at U.S. Capitol
11-28	Forest Fragmentation Hurts Amazon Biodiversity (And if studies were done here, we'd likely find that the uber-deforestation that is mountaintop removal crashes biodiversity here in Appalachia)
11-28	Local Councils crucial to fighting climate change
11-28	Little Norway's big climate change battle
11-28	Students Speak Out with Google Technology to Address Climate Change
11-28	A Marshall Plan for greenhouse gases
11-27	W.Va. residents deserve a share of the state's wealth  - Very Rich Are Leaving the Merely Rich Behind
11-27	West Virginians face three wars (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tool-, why not use them?)
11-27	Inquiry: Miner was told to operate unsafe truck at Ky. surface mine
11-27	Federal mercury limits lax, some say
11-27	Pa. mercury regulations mean better health
11-27	Allegheny Power planning new transmission line
11-27	US News and World Report: A Texas Mess Over Coal  (There is no such thing as "clean" coal.  We may be able to pour billion into cleaning up emissions, but the pollutants don't magically disappear if they don't go up the smokestack. Coal's dirty when you dig it, dirty when you prep it for market, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics.)
11-27	Meanwhile, in Australia... Court finds climate change relevant to coal mine approval
11-27	Newsweek: To be pro-growth, we need to be pro-green
11-27	Hydrogen Economy from Photovoltaics
11-27	How mirrors can light up the world; Scientists say the global energy crisis can be solved by using the desert sun  -   Concentrated Solar Power  -  Sun, sand, water and safe energy, what more could you want?  -  Australia planning biggest space-age solar power unit
11-27	A young person's guide to peak oil and global climate chaos
11-27	Big Energy Firms Crimping Oil Supplies
11-27	British coast faces 2ft rise in sea levels
11-27	Climate change melting fabled glaciers
11-27	Insurance Company Is Making the Most of Climate Change
11-27	Changing Climate Is Forcing World Cup Organizers to Adapt
11-27	Time: 10 Questions for Al Gore
11-27	Global Warming Causes Meltdown for Gray Jay
11-27	Film: The Great Warming
11-27	Maldives: Solar power generators to reduce oil consumption by 40%
11-27	Poll fear in nukes plan
11-26	Up in Smoke: The African Apocalypse
11-26	States Will Tell Supreme Court Feds Must Act on Warming
11-26	On the Move to Outrun Climate Change; Self-Preservation Forcing Wild Species, Businesses, Planning Officials to Act
11-26	Bush administration needs to stop ignoring seriousness of global warming
11-26	Science a la Joe Camel
11-26	Governments can tackle climate change by giving everyone their own carbon allocation
11-26	Mine safety still an issue (letters to the editor are great tool-, why not use them?)
11-26	Blasts kill at least 53 Chinese miners   -  Gas Explosions Kill At Least 53 At Two China Coal Mines
11-26	Living next to a mine in Wyoming
11-26	Wind generation pledge being met in Western states
11-26	China Turns to Solar Power
11-26	Swiss test solar panels at Jungfrau summit
11-26	Forecast for home market is sunny
11-26	Coffee culture drives firm into the fast lane for renewable fuel
11-26	TV's Brave Faces
11-26	Looking to the clouds for climate-change clues
11-26	Will Global Warming Unleash More Seismic Activity?
11-25	Ignore Degraded Ecosystems at Your Peril, Corporations Warned   -  Ecosystem Challenges and Business Implications
11-25	Mountain Justice Spring Break
11-25	Bush Closing EPA Libraries: A Step Shy of Book-Burning
11-25	When Votes Disappear
11-25	Give us non-polluting energy — starting now; The investment in fighting climate change is pathetically low
11-25	Washington Post: Sunny forecast for solar energy shines light on jobs  -   Can Solar Power Revive the US Manufacturing Sector?
11-25	Report finds coal plants deadly
11-25	Energy Firms Come to Terms With Climate Change
11-25	Hot Supreme Court Battle Brewing
11-25	New York Times editorial: Taming King Coal (There is no such thing as "clean" coal.  We may be able to pour billion into cleaning up emissions, but the pollutants don't magically disappear if they don't go up the smokestack. Coal's dirty when you dig it, dirty when you prep it for market, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics.)
11-25	Herald Dispatch editorial: U.S. must not forget need for alternative fuels (See above comment. Coal is not "alternative." The coal to liquid process uses huge amounts of energy and water to create the liquid fuel from coal. It also produces about twice the greenhouse gases  for unit of fuel as oil.  Given the dire emergency that is global warming, investing billions into coal to liquid is simply not acceptable.)
11-25	What Are The Tipping Points For US-China Climate And Coal Policy?  (See above comments)
11-25	Beckley Register-Herald: ‘Coal Facts 2006’ offers unique look at industry  (It's time we have a look at the true costs of coal foisted off on current taxpayers and future generations--extinct communities, destroyed property values, ruined ecosystem services, cultural demise, black lung, acid rain, global warming, poisoned groundwater, unraveling biodiversity, planetary peril.)
11-25	Coal-powered ethanol plants release as much as 92 percent more carbon dioxide than those powered by natural gas
11-25	Waste coal power plant OK'd by panel; Opponents vow to continue legal battle   -  State board OKs power plant plans
11-25	India's illegal coal mines turn into death pits
11-25	EU project reveals economic potential of plants as raw materials
11-25	Renewable Energy in Washington State Pays Off
11-25	Growing number of states requiring alternative energy
11-25	Open Energy and Infinia to Develop Solar Powered Stirling Engine
11-25	Hydrogen and fuel cells
11-25	Attenborough calls for climate change action
11-25	Global warming already killing species: Analysis
11-25	Stewards fear global warming
11-25	Green taxes imminent
11-25	'No hope' for Kyoto's greenhouse gas goal
11-25	Govt has 'tricked' people over nuclear power
11-24	Scurrilous mission: Massey Energy CEO seeks stacked regulatory deck
11-24	An Electronic Canary  -  Repairing the U.S. system of voting: 50 concrete steps
11-24	Groups Upset by Claim in Clean Air Suit
11-24	Cooper presses ahead with TVA emissions lawsuit
11-24	US coal plant rush ignores climate risk – UCS
11-24	China's dirty exports: Mercury and soot  -  China's mercury flushes into Oregon's rivers  -  Black carbon major suspect in warming trend
11-24	Interest in biodiesel gains momentum
11-24	Cities balk at contracts for power generated by Utah coal-fired plants
11-24	Environmental review sought before plant expansion OK'd
11-24	Biomass to power China’s coal plants
11-24	The choice is not nuclear energy v coal  -  'Go green or lose to nuclear'
11-24	A Look at Environmentalists’ Role in Global Warming
11-24	Ask the experts: Averting climate change   -   Benn says tackling climate change is up to individuals
11-24	Lecture Predicts Accelerating Climate Change
11-24	Conservation groups criticise carbon storage system  -  Aussie 'super' carbon storage on the cards
11-24	Group warns of climate change in China  -  China's Climate Change Performance Worsening  -  Hong Kong 'climate change threat'
11-24	African leaders urged to link climate change to development
11-24	Global warming's huddled masses
11-24	Kyoto treaty lurches towards next decade
11-24	101 Ways To Kick The Carbon Habit
11-24	Fasten Your Seatbelts for Global Warming
11-24	Climate change storms to impact reefs
11-24	Motor Racing - F1 Catches the Big Green Wave
11-23	Longwall mining: Historic house ruined by mining to be demolished; Couple ends fight with coal behemoth
11-23	Mine deaths: Vigilance required  -  Make Coal Mine Safety a Priority
11-23	Dems Must End Legalized Bribery of Campaign Finance  -  All the way on to lobbying reform
11-23	Senator urges Tennessee to study impact of mercury  -  State to check safety of EPA mercury limits
11-23	More cities in California reject coal-fired power  -  SoCal cities look for alternative energy, reject coal-fired power
11-23	Power Companies Order Up Texas Toast
11-23	Pennsylvania Plans $18 Billion Industrial Project Spending For 2007  (There is no such thing as clean coal. There may be cleaned up emissions, but then the ash is more poisonous. As long as there is mountaintop removal, black lung, low priority for miner safety and pollution of the political system, there can never be clean coal.)
11-23	Wilmington will review potentially toxic ash problem
11-23	The quest for clean energy: China's green revolution
11-23	Canada doubles wind energy output in 2006   -    Harnessing Britain's Wind to Meet Renewable Energy Targets  -
11-23	Danish Vestas Shares Soar as Wind Power Market Booms
11-23	Officially the worst places to live in the world
11-23	Poland Mourns After Coal Mine Explosion Kills 23
11-23	Tweaking Lights
11-23	Heavyweights want carbon count
11-23	Hurricane Watchers Say Calm 2006 'only a Respite'
11-23	Will Forests Adapt to a Warmer World?
11-23	Uranium Mining Firms Again Eyeing Navajo Land
11-22	World Has Under Decade to Act on Climate Crisis   -  Global warming -- it's personal
11-22	Utilities' Refusal to Plan for Future Cost of Coal Threatens Investors, Consumers
11-22	Spinning Science
11-22	Strip Mining Ban Considered for Tennessee
11-22	It is shocking (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tool-, why not use them?)
11-22	On coal mine safety, another Fletcher fraud
11-22	Pupils Evacuated After Warning at Nuclear Plant
11-22	Fears rise for 15 trapped Polish coal miners; 8 dead
11-22	Companies sued by another Sago family
11-22	Global Warming Said Killing Some Species
11-22	Climate: A Matter for Economists
11-22	Diet for a hot planet
11-22	How climate change is hurting us
11-22	Some evangelical Christians preaching environmentalism
11-22	Hollywood Environmentalist Targets Middle America
11-22	Petitioners want declaration on air in two Ky. counties
11-22	No W.Va. stores issue warnings about dangers of mercury in fish
11-22	Report: Mass. is prime location for solar energy adoption
11-22	China plans world's largest solar power plant
11-22	Diane W. Mufson: Now is good time to say 'thank you'
11-22	Tidal Energy
11-22	Nations Sign Pact to Make Fusion Reactor
11-22	Biomass has Future in Ethanol, but Hurdles Loom
11-21	Senator John Kerry mentions mountaintop removal, true costs of coal in letter to Washington Post
11-21	National Coal to Buy W.Va. Mine  -  National Coal to buy West Virginia mine
11-21	Blankenship put coal above miners' safety (letters to the editor are great tools; use them)
11-21	Softening market for coal
11-21	Health costs wrecking Big Three; Miners and families not covered
11-21	The Dirty Truth About Coal in Texas   -  Lawmakers say slow down on coal plants
11-21	Runaway Climate Change - A Frightening Lack Of Leadership
11-21	2007 Crucial in Global Warming Battle
11-21	Restricting mercury
11-21	Coal-fired plants fuel mercury hazard concern  -  Mercury a food chain threat
11-21	Big Oil: Facing Democratic ire
11-21	Ohio governor hopes alternative energy efforts will continue
11-21	Can Wyoming Diplomats Build A Bridge Of Clean Coal To China? (There is no such thing as clean coal. There may be cleaned up emissions, but then the ash is more poisonous. As long as there is mountaintop removal, black lung, low priority for miner safety and pollution of the political system, there can never be clean coal.)
11-21	Massey continues studying alternatives  (No, not alternatives to destroying mountains, forests, streams, not alternatives to injecting coal slurry underground, but alternative ways to make more money for Don Blankenship)
11-21	EU Must Unite to Face Global Energy Scramble
11-21	Innovative Solar Cell Mimics Photosynthesis
11-21	Study finds near-zero growth in methane levels
11-21	Scrap the income tax - and start taxing SUVs
11-21	Scheme to cut 'carbon footprint'
11-21	Slow talks could leave climate deal in 'tatters'
11-21	Our Salvation: Abiding by Limits
11-21	U.K.'s Miliband Says Climate Change Fight Needs More Momentum
11-21	Australia's future not nuclear: Beazley  -  Scientist discusses nuclear report
11-21	Siemens fuel cell passes test
11-21	Forums focus on wood for energy
11-21	Rapid Growth In Solar, Wind And Biofuel Energy Shows Promise
11-20	Commentary: Mountaintop Removal Sites - "Strip Mining on Steroids"
11-20	Recognition, honor sought for miners killed in Monongah disaster
11-20	Miners who fail drug tests still work
11-20	Pennsylvania Passes Plan to Cut Mercury
11-20	Residents question plan to further pollute river Regulators have approved a coal company's plan to dump wastewater into the Levisa Fork
11-20	Manchin momentum holds
11-20	Democrats must stick to principles
11-20	Coal power plant undermines UW
11-20	UN Climate Pact Unlikely Until after Bush  -  Calls for Climate Change Action at Asia-Pacific Summit
11-20	UN Talks Agree Kyoto Climate Review in 2008
11-20	Slow talks could leave climate deal in 'tatters'
11-20	Washington Rejects Senators' Calls on Climate Caps
11-20	UN Climate Talks Delay Decision on Carbon Capture
11-20	Alternative Energy in the United States  -  Alternative Energy: A Closer Look at Transportation
11-20	Harnessing hydrogen
11-20	House crafted to stay warm and efficient on its own
11-20	Peak oil: the last skeptics
11-20	Dear Sir or Madam: Stakeholder Letters Push Corporate Sustainability Improvements
11-19	Lexington Herald Leader: Appalachian churches joining fight on mining  -  Evangelical spreads green message
11-19	Roanoke Times: Opposition to mountaintop removal mining is becoming part of the curriculum at a growing number of colleges and universities
11-19	Bluefield Daily Telegraph: Coal-to-liquid a top priority for Boucher   -   Coal-to-liquid doesn't make sense for economy, environment
11-19	In W.Va., mining more dangerous (letters to the editor are great tool; use them!)
11-19	Mother Earth News: A Mountainous Disaster (scroll down for this letter to the editor. Remember, LTEs are great tools--use them!)
11-19	Stewart L. Udall: Our most neglected problem—global warming
11-19	Analysis: U.S. nearing emissions control
11-19	Arctic is heating up, scientists say; Sea ice, glaciers melting; plants growing on tundra   -  Warming Arctic trying to keep its cool, study finds  -  Signs of Warming Continue in the Arctic
11-19	Manchin angry over bill
11-19	Talk of manipulating Earth's climate; Old debate is renewed amid warming fears
11-19	Would a tax on carbon emissions hurt the economy?  Yes, Says Andrew P. Morris. -- Who is Andrew P. Morris?  -- No, says Wayne Madsen  -- Who is Wayne Madsen
11-19	ABC's show Wife Swap is looking for coal miner cast
11-19	'Clean coal' has detractors in Montana, Wyoming
11-19	A Troubled River Mirrors China’s Path to Modernity
11-19	Texas water plan insufficient because global warming not considered
11-19	Global warming taking a grave turn
11-19	British commission urges nationwide grassroots  climate protection plan
11-19	Global warming to hit New Zealand Alps hard   -   Warming could 'devastate' Australian, world's economy: IMF
11-19	Climate talks a tricky business
11-19	Solar energy is the way to go
11-19	Solar Revolution
11-19	Solar Water Heaters Work Even Better Today
11-19	Build a Simple Solar Heater
11-19	Scientists Want More Ethanol Research
11-19	Fuels Of The Future
11-19	Drilling Beneath the Seas
11-18	Energy For Change
11-18	22 States Say EPA Too Soft on Mercury
11-18	Truth In Advertising
11-18	Residents Remember Mining Disaster With Anniversary Looming
11-18	Boulder Approves ‘Carbon Tax’ in Effort to Reduce Gas Emissions
11-18	Big Conference on Warming Ends, Achieving Modest Results
11-18	Groups Sue Bush Administration for Violating Climate Change Act
11-18	Emissions cost only way to cut down pollution
11-18	Rising costs could kill coal plant proposal  -  Duke coal plant tab: $3 billion, rate increases expected
11-18	A band of idealists in the mountains of North Carolina is trying to build a low-energy lifestyle. But must we all live like hippies in the woods to make a difference?
11-18	Simon Says: Fight Terror With Renewable Energy
11-18	Pasadena seeks deal on coal-energy ban
11-18	New Congress leans greener  -  The New Congress: A Green Guide
11-18	$70m expansion for BP Solar
11-18	The Power Plants Of The Future  -  Cheap, Superefficient Solar  - The Power of the Sun  -  SCHOTT to Manufacture Solar Receivers in Spain Soon
11-18	Green turns to gold in global warming battle
11-18	Clean, green energy is possible!
11-17	Blankenship backlash
11-17	Inspection unfinished before mine fire
11-17	Black Diamonds: Washington Post  - Baltimore Sun (scroll down)
11-17	Shepherdstown signs greenhouse gas agreement--only municipality in WV
11-17	Pits of Despair: Coal industry fends off concerns, keeps working on comeback  -  No proof slurry is harming water, DEP hydrologist says (So why study to find out?)
11-17	The Green Team attempts to move mountains in the coal mines of West Virginia
11-17	Wells Fargo and Mountain Top Removal
11-17	Miner's widow sues for $65 million
11-17	Voter Turnout Edges Up Slightly   -  Voting success
11-17	New windmills in California fuel global warming fight
11-17	Power Struggle Over BC's First Coal-Fired Plant
11-17	Don't Grandfather Coal Plants
11-17	Gridlock or not, here are goals for Washington
11-17	Where old coal mines are oozing toxic brews
11-17	Renewable fuels to be big business  -  Renewable Energy's Impact on the Electric Power Grid
11-17	Biofuel market 'grew fivefold in a year'
11-17	Agreements at UN Climate Talks
11-17	In the Arena: Global warming sends a chill through winter sports
11-17	U.S. Studies Systems to Fight Warming
11-17	US Senator Raps UN 'Brainwashing' on Climate
11-17	Carbon Offsetting: Does it Work?
11-17	Next Kyoto Climate Goals May be Longer
11-17	Religion Today
11-17	Deadly Ocean Burp
11-17	Climate change worsens biodiversity  - Migratory Animals Most at Risk from Warming
11-16	WSAZ: Residents Blame Contaminated Water on Coal Waste (see "NewsChannel 3 Featured Videos" column at right of webpage)
11-16	Federal, state officials weigh in on coal slurry injections   -State "Regulators" Doubt Slurry Injection Affecting Mingo Water Quality; Feds Not So Sure (Why is the Coal Association Afraid of a Study?)
11-16	White House Sued Over Global Warming
11-16	New cases target Ross' role at ICG   -   More Sago families sue mine owner, others
11-16	State expected to trail national growth
11-16	Wind Power: The Wave of the Future?
11-16	In Second Coal Rush, New Mind-Set in the Mines
11-16	U.S. rejects Annan plea to cut greenhouse gases  -  Annan Criticizes Global Warming Doubters
11-16	A Climate Change for Renewable Energy?   -   Renewable energy in play with Democratic victories
11-16	Senator to push for more geothermal power
11-16	Exhibit captures Cabin Creek
11-16	Green Energy Ohio sets out on statewide promotion campaign
11-16	TN Students Show State Legislature What Matters Most
11-16	Kentucky Straight
11-16	Report details cause of mine tragedy
11-16	China coal mine accident death tolls rise to 81
11-16	Ontario health boss: Shut all coal-fired plants ASAP
11-16	Texas Needs Our Help to Ward Off a Coal Catastrophe
11-16	Peabody sues Wisconsin utility over planned power plant
11-16	Mining The Solar Gold Rush
11-16	Study suggests Europe could be powered by renewable energy by 2050
11-16	Study Reveals Americans Would Rather Consume Renewable Energy
11-16	From Photosynthesis Basics to Renewable Energy Breakthrough
11-16	Greens' delight at climate bill
11-16	Climate change bill to balance environmental and energy concerns
11-16	Climate Change Threatens Peace, Population, UN Says
11-16	UW Researchers Report Global Warming Reduces Polar Bear Survival  -  Climate change bears down on vulnerable species
11-16	Species extinctions will rise from global warming: study
11-15	State says two Massey foremen knew of missing Aracoma wall
11-15	Environmentalists, Though Winners in the Election, Warn Against Expecting Vast Changes
11-15	Global warming gets a crusader  -  Boxer plans Senate hearings on global warming
11-15	The Greening of Jack Daniels
11-15	Most of governor’s special session agenda passes
11-15	Death Toll in China Mine Blast Hits 40
11-15	Environmental groups oppose Georgia's first new coal plant in years  -  Wisconsin coal plant faces stiff opposition
11-15	Gas Prospectors Exploit Public Lands
11-15	Environmental Footprints of Renewable Energy vs. Nuclear
11-15	Aussie Shifts Position on Carbon Trading
11-15	Disease outbreaks blamed on climate change
11-15	Annan Arrives in Kenya to Address UN Climate Change Conference
11-15	'US, Saudi, China rank among worst on climate change list'
11-15	US climate change efforts 'vital'
11-14	Local art showing up all over Tri-State
11-14	Mine safety nominees quizzed by senators
11-14	Environmentalists See Boon in US Congress Power Shift
11-14	Global warming could cause bird extinctions: WWF  -  Warming 'could destroy Australian species'  -  East Africa: Millions of Lives threatened by Global Warming
11-14	Coal mine accidents in China claim 104 lives in past eight days
11-14	Contaminated soil forces some Shelbyville residents out
11-14	Tyson Foods Wants to Turn Animal Fat into Fuel
11-14	Spain Makes Solar Panels a Must on New Buildings
11-14	The Challenge of Sustainable Water  -  Water Clash Warning Evoked by Kenya Climate Talks
11-14	Rethinking coal…   …and coal mine safety
11-14	States and cities don't wait for federal rules
11-14	French Plan Would Tax Imports From Non-Signers of Kyoto Pact  -   France to promote coal, carbon taxes
11-14	Climate Change Means Big Business for Reinsurers
11-14	EU Seeks to Expand, Strengthen CO2 Trading Scheme
11-14	UN Climate Fight Seen More Flexible after 2012
11-14	Global warming isolates Canadians in far north
11-14	Scientists Fear Global Warming Will Feed Wildfires
11-14	Climate change proof grows: UN study
11-14	Sweden Tops Climate Change List
11-14	Energy executive seeks national emissions rules
11-13	ART EXHIBIT: Multi-Dimensional Art Exhibit Opens Downtown
11-13	Ken Ward, Jr. on National Public Radio: Paper's Inquiry Finds Serious Flaws in Mine Safety
11-13	Champion of the environment
11-13	GOP, Democrats assess election outcome
11-13	BLACKWATER CANYON: Private Logging Plans Spark Clash in Scenic WV Canyon
11-13	Capitol Hill’s new landscape; Familiar faces at forefront of power shift in Congress
11-13	Two Injured in Power Plant Fire
11-13	Noise and pollution from Reliant power plant prompt neighbors to organize
11-13	A power play on mercury reduction
11-13	Southeast has nuclear future as plants multiply
11-13	Coal Mine Accident Kills 25 in North China  -  Six dead, many trapped in coal mine of south India
11-13	New Zealand sites sought for carbon dioxide storage
11-13	Kenyan protest at summit on climate change  -   Frustration as climate change talks stall
11-13	Nomads to be first people wiped out by climate change
11-13	Britain 'at war' on climate change
11-13	Investment in clean energy will be wasted if there is no collective will
11-13	Trigiani returns to familiar territory
11-12	Maps hindered mine rescue, McAteer says
11-12	Stickler favors coal barons
11-12	Coal's pitfalls and promises
11-12	Energy executive seeks national emissions rules
11-12	Questions to the political leaders their views about global warming
11-12	Environmental Message Through Art: A local group is speaking out against mountain top removal through art
11-12	House Dems exuberant at surviving gantlet
11-12	Use Less Coal (Scroll down for this LTE)
11-12	Global growth in carbon emissions is 'out of control'
11-12	News analysis: Climate Change  -  Treasurer backs carbon trading
11-12	(And for the sake of Don Blankenship...) Massey inviting 6,500 kids to annual Christmas party
11-11	Safety Violations Are Cited in 2 West Virginia Mine Deaths  -  Violations Cited in W.Wa. Mine Deaths
11-11	Mine safety ‘collapsed’ at Aracoma  -  Mine Deaths Blamed on Company Run by Major GOP Contributor
11-11	Hoppy Kercheval: Democrats did get their groove back
11-11	Don Blankenship shrugs off GOP critics
11-10	Support OVEC at weekend events
11-10	Scientists Say Millions Could Flee Rising Seas
11-10	DEP aims to reduce mercury emissions, raise awareness
11-10	International Energy Agency Warns of Effects of Rise in Coal Consumption
11-10	Nairobi climate talks split on CDM carbon burial
11-10	Mercury limits for power plants
11-10	The Second Hundred Hours
11-10	Third man sentenced in southern Illinois mine-safety case
11-10	The Road to a New Energy Future: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technologies for a Cleaner, More Secure Energy Future
11-10	Legislature back to take on taxes, debt
11-10	Leadership Interview with Mike Brune, Executive Director of the Rainforest Action Network
11-10	Craig Williams on Weapon Disposal in KY (Nov 9) and Erik Reece on Radical Strip Mining/Mountaintop Removal in KY (Nov 15)
11-10	Democratic victories prompt analyst to say it's 'Joe Manchin's state government now'  -  Frich Speaks Out
11-10	ABC's Brian Ross' Blog: Mine Deaths Blamed on Company Run by Major GOP Contributor
11-10	Xcel proposal for coal ash landfill raises fears
11-10	Early coal plant not worth trade-off
11-10	Texas's big global warming battle
11-10	Is a carbon tax in America's future?
11-10	Coal mine flood kills 10 in north China
11-10	‘Heavy price’ for eco-damage seen   -  We'll Pay "A Permanent, Heavy Price" for Destroying Biodiversity, E.O. Wilson Says
11-10	Making Growth Greener a Tall Task for Economists
11-10	American Electric Power's Clinch River Coal Power Plant
11-10	Scotland maps flood risk as climate change kicks in
11-10	Climate change threatens agricultural crisis: U.N.
11-10	Extreme Weather Costs China Billions Each Year
11-10	Profit of doom: cash for global warning
11-10	Space maps of forests from 1990s could aid climate aps of forests from 1990s could aid climate
11-9	Blankenship hurt GOP, chairman says
11-9	Weekend filled with environmental awareness, art
11-9	An Eye-Opening Weekend in Boone, West Virginia
11-9	Herald Dispatch--Blankenship: Campaign met defeat  -  WVU Newspaper--Democrats win big in W.Va. state elections  - WOWK--The Blankenship Effect - GOP suffered heavy losses Tuesday  --  Blankenship hurt GOP, chairman says
11-9	Manchin saw little risk in campaign
11-9	Lesson: Money isn’t enough
11-9	Democrats’ wins may affect state House speaker contest
11-9	Chandler, D-Ky, says he wants to take up mountaintop removal
11-9	If Rahall becomes chairman of the House Committee on Resources...
11-9	Judge blocks Sago suit action
11-9	Senate Majority Accomplished; Why Allen and Burns Are Not Calling for Recounts
11-9	Energy & Natural Resource Symposium offered today
11-9	Southern counties below state average in turnout of voters -Poor voter turnout in Logan, Mingo and Boone counties
11-9	County clerk's office checks on a few polling place snags
11-9	Mercury pollution impacting fish, wildlife
11-9	New sermon from the evangelical pulpit: global warming
11-9	United States acting unethically on global warming says new report
11-9	Government urges UK households to reduce carbon
11-9	Swedish glaciers suggest global warming
11-9	Warming threat to Africa’s poor
11-9	US pressurised on protocol
11-9	Canada: America’s most obedient energy colony?
11-8	Blankenship fails to sway legislative races   -   The Blankenship (Not a) Factor: The Final Numbers  -  Millions spent to make sweeping changes in state’s political landscape backfires  -  Voters largely ignore coal baron's campaign: Democrats maintain control of W.Va. Legislature  -  Blankenship A Non-Factor In House Races  -  Blankenship efforts fall short  -  Blankenship Fails to Shake Up House
11-8	Democrats hold seats in Kanawha’s 30th   -  Tabb re-elected in 56th district   -  Two challengers win state House   - Jenkins keeps 5th seat   -   Putnam’s Hall holds tiny lead for Senate seat   -   County-by-county election results in W.Va. -   Green wins 9th District Senate race   -   Democrats Add To Majority In House  -  Caputo, Manchin, Longstreth overcome Blankenship’s campaign  - Democratic incumbents hold lead in 41st District
11-8	Problems reported at polls
11-8	Grist: Allen Johnson rallies Christians to fight against mountaintop-removal mining
11-8	Mine safety: Laws are crucial
11-8	Mountaintop Removal Topic of RU Talk
11-8	Coal Mining Shares Fall as Foundation Cuts Outlook
11-8	School in coal country trains miners
11-8	Autism and the GOP - Why Parents Are Fed Up
11-8	States Toughen Federal Mercury Pollution Rules
11-8	Utilities get rule change for power plants
11-8	NRG proposes new clean coal power plant in New York
11-8	Drilling Deep in the Gulf of Mexico
11-8	U.S. reaffirms emissions cap opposition at UN conference on global warming
11-8	In Ancient Fossils, Seeds of a New Debate on Warming
11-8	Australia's Drought Could be Worst in 1,000 Years
11-8	UN Clean Energy Windfall Seen Bypassing Africa
11-8	IEA backs nuclear power in climate change battle
11-8	Climate change: from science and economics to human rights
11-8	Climate change 'threatening heritage sites'
11-8	North America's largest solar project is planned for Ontario
11-8	A Sun Umbrella for the Great Barrier Reef
11-7	Where Do I Vote?
11-7	Climate Heating Most Serious Threat Facing Humanity   -   Climate change to hurt poor people most
11-7	Coal addiction an environmental disaster   - China to Pass U.S. in 2009 in Emissions
11-7	World risks 'dirty' energy future
11-7	U.S. coal death toll reaches 45  -  State investigating Pike miner's death
11-7	Greg Palast: HOW THEY STOLE THE MID-TERM ELECTION
11-7	Blankenship’s money key in W.Va. statehouse races  -  Money has better uses: Why are decent legislators being attacked in ads?   -  Campaign Award winners: A strange year for politics in W.Va.
11-7	It’s the voters’ turn: Parties make last-ditch effort before election  -  Early voting turnout mirrors party lines  - Parties work to turn out voters  - Fallout: Today’s vote outcome
11-7	AEP CEO says issues could delay clean coal build in W.Va. and Ohio
11-7	The 4-Fold Attack: Google Earth+ YouTube + Online Pledges + Willie Nelson  -  Nonprofits (scroll down)
11-7	Go tell it on the mountain: Road show comes to city
11-7	TXU: Committed to Coal, and in a Hurry, Too
11-7	47 Feared Dead In China Coal-mine Explosion (Remember, Friend of Coal spokesman Coach Don Nehlen said he thought West Virginia should be more like China and get rid of those doggone regulations!)
11-7	California looks to alternative power in greenhouse gas battle
11-7	Government Action Could Curb Emissions by 5% in 2015, IEA Says  -     International Energy Agency urges widespread nuclear power use  - IEA warns more must be invested
11-7	UK laws back micro energy
11-7	Solar Anniversary
11-7	Solar Powers Up, Sans Silicon
11-7	Economics of Climate Change
11-7	Climate Change May Hit Africa With Floods, Scarce Food, UN Says
11-7	Australia: six degrees hotter by 2070  -   Study Predicts Hotter, Drier Australia  -  "Frightening" Study Predicts Hotter, Drier Australia
11-7	England Needs Major Flood Defence Work
11-7	Global Climate Market Framework Seen 2010 - UN
11-6	Deadly: Follow safety rules  -  Most mining deaths tied to lack of compliance with safety rules  -  Miner dies in mishap in Ky.
11-6	China Mine Blast Kills 17, Dozens Missing  (Remember, Friend of Coal spokesman Coach Don Nehlen said he thought West Virginia should be more like China and get rid of those doggone regulations!)
11-6	Dems’ campaign ends in Marmet
11-6	Blankenship's money key in statehouse races  -  Green outspending Weeks in 9th District battle
11-6	Pennsylvania starting first plant to turn coal waste into diesel fuel
11-6	Britain Pushes India to Join Climate Change Battle  -  UK's Blair Pushes to Speed up Climate Change Talks  -  Blair, Merkel Back Alliance Against Climate Change  -  Nairobi Talks to Seek Wider Fight on Warming
11-6	Africa More at Risk from Warming than Feared
11-6	Californian Greenhouse Emissions up 14 Pct 1990-2004
11-6	Harvesting the wind wisely
11-6	Wind Industry Confident Turbines, Radar Can Coexist
11-6	Africa Needs Help to Win Clean Energy Investment
11-5	Green power grab: Despite few West Virginia incentives, companies opt for renewable energy
11-5	Charleston Gazette Series on Mine Safety: One by One-- Disasters make headlines, but most miners killed on the job die alone  -  Kentucky miner dies of head injury  -  Vehicle accident kills miner in Pike County
11-5	Associated Press: Eco groups use online maps in mine fight  -  Destruction of Kentucky Mountains Visible On Online Satellite Maps  -  Mountaintop-removal opponents state their case with Google images  - This story carried so far in over newspapers and websites  (OVEC is one of the groups involved in this website)
11-5	Blankenship money shakes up sleepy races; Turnout could determine control of Legislature
11-5	Democratic moves counter Blankenship ad blitz
11-5	Martinsburg Journal: Is the West Virginia Legislature for sale?  -  Herald Dispatch: Let's see, what's on the public to-do list for Tuesday?
11-5	Carroll, Allen, Big Rock, more to play at Treehuggers' Ball
11-5	Anti-Coal-Plant Hunger Strike Continues
11-5	Mercury rising
11-5	Australian climate change rally draws 30,000  -  Protesters march against global warming
11-5	Leaders to force global warming issue  -  British, German leaders agree to put climate change at top of agenda  -  Talks to Start on Climate Amid Split on Warming
11-5	A plan of action on climate change
11-5	Activists push for action on global warming
11-5	Green Protestors Storm British Power Station  -  Climate-change rally in UK seeks curb on warming
11-5	Emissions forecast: more bad news
11-5	Melting Arctic Makes Way for Man
11-5	Web Campaign Urges Spaniards to Switch off
11-5	The ethanol numbers don't add up
11-5	Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Save Power and Cash
11-5	Could the answer to global warming lie in the old ways?
11-5	Nuclear Power Becoming More Acceptable
11-5	Economically viable solar power likely to be available soon
11-5	SunPower announces 22 percent efficient solar panels
11-5	British region may get solar water scheme soon
11-5	China Forecasts 18 Million Tonnes Biofuel Use by 2010
11-5	Some musings concerning the end of the world as we know it
11-4	Aracoma mine problems longstanding, state says  -  Ventilation blamed in deaths of 2 miners; BAD HOSES, BELTS ALSO ARE FAULTED
11-4	Early voting wraps up today  (Anywhere in West Virginia, you can go to your County Clerk's office today to vote, as long as you are registered. Hours offices are open may vary.)
11-4	Greenhouse Gases Hit Record Levels in 2005  -  Greenhouse Gases Hit High
11-4	Warming tops eco-concerns in U.S. survey; Respondents also willing to spend more than in previous poll
11-4	Who's Buying Congress Now
11-4	Dem chief won’t appear with coal boss; GOP leader should be invited to television show, Casey says
11-4	Sticking with Stickler
11-4	Sign the Petition: Is God Green?
11-4	Concord candidates forum is exceptional ... food tax reduction concerns (Concord University students dogged the candidates with questions about mountaintop removal coal mining)
11-4	Louisville Interfaith Festival to examine death; Carl Pope, executive director of Sierra Club to address mountaintop removal
11-4	Moving Toward Energy Independence
11-4	Avoiding Calamity on the Cheap
11-4	Tidal energy companies staking claims
11-4	Microsoft's Gates Looks to Energy
11-4	United against climate change
11-4	Activists scale Marsden B in climate change protest
11-4	Xcel plans to tap wind, water for power needs
11-4	U.S. ski resorts using more ‘green’ power
11-3	Associated Press: State faults Massey in report on fatal Aracoma fire  -  Charleston Gazette: Missing walls, disabled sprinklers among findings on Aracoma accident  - W.Va. Faults Gear in Deadly Mine Fire
11-3	Associated Press: Coal exec targets W.Va. Democrats  -  Huntington Herald Dispatch: Don't be fooled by misleading ads, negative attacks   -  Martinsburg Journal: What will Blankenship’s effect be?
11-3	Blankenship and Democrats spar over ad, mine accident report (Scroll down to 11-1 entry)
11-3	Coal slurry waste recovery project under way in southern W.Va.
11-3	East Lynn Lake mining study starts -   Feds to study effect of mining near lake
11-3	West Virginia International Fall Film Festival to show "Black Diamonds" Sunday at 4 p.m.
11-3	Inquiry into claims of US global warming research censorship  -  Scientists Say White House Muzzled Climate Research
11-3	Surge in Polluted Water Sets Back Creek Cleanup In Maryland Coal Country
11-3	Washington Post editorial: The Supreme Court needs to send a strong message to polluters, lower courts and the Bush administration
11-3	US coal miners cut production to stop price slide
11-3	Illinois closer to stronger mercury rules  -  Plan seeks 90 percent cut in mercury by 2009
11-3	'Neither oil, nor coal or nuclear, we just need the sun'
11-3	Sharp bets $30m on solar power
11-3	The End of Reason
11-3	B.C. community debates plan for coal-fired power plant
11-3	Australian PM Turns a Light Shade of Green
11-3	Shadecloth might protect Great Barrier Reef from global warming
11-2	Racine woman a Women Of Peace award recipient (Congratulations Elisa! She's an OVEC member)
11-2	Manchin Wants Energy Independence for State by 2030  -  Coal-to-liquid doesn't make sense for economy, environment
11-2	Justices Challenge EPA's Arguments in Clean Air Act Case  - Justices hear power plant case; DECISION ABOUT POLLUTION ACT COULD AFFECT KENTUCKY SUIT
11-2	Dawn of the "Solar Salon" in US Living Rooms
11-2	Aracoma accident report due; meeting canceled     -  Meeting on Aracoma Report Canceled Because Adequate Notice not Given
11-2	Rahall ‘bothered’ by Blankenship’s campaign
11-2	The Stern review offers a way out of climate change catastrophe - but only by playing down the scale of the problem
11-2	Public meeting regarding coal lease applications at East Lynn Lake (scroll down)
11-2	Xcel Spends $3.5M ON 'Clean Coal' Plant  (There is no such thing as "clean" coal. Coal's dirty when you dig it, dirty when you haul it, dirty when you burn it, dirty when you dispose of the ash, and it sure dirties up politics.)
11-2	Canadian Cities Petition U.S. to Cut Power Plant Pollution
11-2	Environmental movie motivates evangelicals to get involved
11-2	As Investors Covet Ethanol Plant, Farmers Resist  - Costs Limit Bigger US Move to Biomass Ethanol
11-2	Six Ex-EPA Chiefs Urge Bush to Curb Global Warming
11-2	Coalbed methane: Researchers Hope Bugs Can Speed Up Methane Production
11-2	E.ON's wise move
11-2	Why, when and how to close Nanticoke
11-2	Polluters to Tackle Energy-Intensive Industries
11-2	Republished: Taking On a Coal Mining Practice as a Matter of Faith
11-2	Republished: Conservation: Just Follow the Law
11-2	Sharp heats up solar production to 600MW per year
11-2	Chevron Energy Solutions Completes United States Postal Service's Largest Solar Power and Efficiency Project
11-2	Australia to Build 154 MW Solar Energy Plant; Climate change forces Australian Government "u-turn" on renewable energy  -  Drought-Hit Australia Battles Climate Change
11-2	Call to roll out solar air conditioners
11-2	Namibia: Renewable Energy Could Light Up the Poor
11-2	Study will look at renewable energy
11-2	Stores offer renewable energy credit at checkout  -  Whole Foods Offers Cards to Fund Wind Power Market
11-2	Shark biomimicry produces renewable energy system
11-2	Australia Says Kyoto a Symbolic Failure
11-2	Essential that US Joins New Kyoto - UK Minister
11-2	Rich-Poor Carbon Trade Could Deliver Climate Deal
11-2	World's Report on Global Warming: "Must Try Harder"
11-1	Peril: Global warming pollution altering climate
11-1	Vote against Starcher breaks '79 court order
11-1	Blankenship Election Spending Nears $2 Million
11-1	Two injured in Massey mine accident
11-1	State to release Aracoma report  -  Wyoming County mine victim identified
11-1	W.Va. Finds More Mine Air Pack Problems
11-1	New Source Review: Groups Defend Clinton-Era Air Program  -  Duke case goes before high court
11-1	Researchers from Wesleyan to document coal mining life
11-1	WVU gets funds for coal fuel study
11-1	Attack politics: 30th District group a proven success
11-1	Big energy companies back Allen
11-1	Coal truck and vehicle collision claim man's life
11-1	U.S. coal state pursues alternative energy
11-1	About 20 Die in China Mine Explosion
11-1	Berea College Symposium: "Environmental Justice: Transforming Values Into Actions" (scroll down)
11-1	Lecture invitation is a major moment for Ashley Judd
11-1	National Coal Corporation Outsources Sales Department
11-1	Schweitzer outlines Montana's energy role (ignore ecological reality, increase global warming gases, use insane amounts of water...)
11-1	Scientists detail desert solar power
11-1	Solar to become top alternative energy, author says  -  Sharp increasing solar panel output on rising demand
11-1	‘Switch to Renewable Power Before You’re Forced to’
11-1	Researcher urges shift to solar power, carbon trading
11-1	Wal-Mart Eyes Carbon Bounty in its Supply Chain
11-1	Australia Rejects British Climate Report
11-1	Warned of Costs, World Seeks Way to Fight Warming